Henry H. CHAMBERS

(1790-1826)

Senate Years of Service:

1825-1826

Party:

Jacksonian

CHAMBERS, Henry H., a
Senator from Alabama; born near Kenbridge, Lunenburg County, Va.,
October 1, 1790; graduated from William and Mary College,
Williamsburg, Va., in 1808, and from the medical department of the
University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1811; moved to
Madison, Ala., in 1812 and engaged in the practice of medicine;
served in the Indian wars as a surgeon; returned to Alabama and
settled in Huntsville; member of the State constitutional
convention in 1819; member, State house of representatives 1820;
unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1821 and 1823; elected to
the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1825, until his
death near Kenbridge, Lunenburg County, Va., January 24, 1826,
while en route to Washington, D.C.; interment in the family burial
ground near Kenbridge, Va.